Fiscal stimulus in times of low interest rates
It is common knowledge among economists though not always with investors that fiscal stimulus is more effective when the economy is in recession than when it is growing. The fiscal multiplier that measures the change in GDP for every dollar spent by the government tends to be below 1 in boom times and above 1 in recessions. In other words, additional go…
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